Glory Boys - Jim Iron & John Steel

London, 1979. Punk is splintering. Something sharper is taking its place on the streets.

Chris Davis and his mates are at the center of it — the Mod revival bursting out of Breadline Britain in a blur of pills, music, scooter fumes, and violence. These are fast times for the new mods, and the backstreets don't forgive weakness.

Skinheads, Teds, and football hooligans all want a piece of the sharp young newcomers. Chris finds love, loyalty, and a sense of belonging in the scene. He also finds that belonging has a price — and August Bank Holiday weekend in Southend is where that bill comes due.

Gritty, authentic, and shot through with dark humor, Glory Boys captures a moment in British youth culture that most fiction ignores and none have done better.

The one that started it all. Read this first.